The port of the mask will be mandatory on the dike of Blankenberge, said the mayor Daphné Dumery (N-VA) to Belga. Nieuwpoort has also taken this decision for people over the age of 12. These ads occur after the decision of the NSC to make the mask mandatory in the shopping streets and the crowded places. Some of the other communes of the coastline strongly recommend wearing a mask.

"sometimes there are a lot of people on the dike, just as in the shopping district," says Daphné Dumery. "For the sake of clarity, we therefore wearing a mask is compulsory for the central area shopping and the seawall. This way, everyone knows where it is ", she explains.